† REGISTERED PATENT ATTORNEY* ALSO ADMITTED IN CONNECTICUT‡ ALSO ADMITTED IN NEW YORK** ALSO ADMITTED IN DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA*** ALSO ADMITTED IN SOUTH CAROLINA†† ALSO ADMITTED IN MINNESOTA

Intellectual Property

Doherty, Wallace has an active
intellectual property practice which includes counseling individuals and
businesses on the protection afforded by patents, trademarks, and copyrights
and providing counsel on the protection of business trade secrets from
misappropriation. The firm assists businesses and individuals in protecting new
ideas and products and in protecting and licensing technology so as to maximize
the benefit derived from innovation. We provide guidance relative to the America Invents Act (AIA), the most comprehensive patent reform law in over 50 years.

The firm has expertise in drafting provisional,
utility and design patents on behalf of inventors. Doherty, Wallace has secured
patents for clients in a wide range of technologies, including medical
instruments, mechanical devices, and electrical components. We have specific
experience in the area of the sporting goods and the toy and game industry. Two
of the firms' attorneys, Deborah A. Basile and Karen K. Chadwell, are registered to
practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

The firm obtains United States and international
registrations of trademarks and service marks and counsels businesses on the
proper use of such marks in commerce, including the licensing, pledging, and
assignment of marks.

The firm has negotiated license agreements
with world-renowned artists for the reproduction, display, and distribution of
their work.

The firm has experience in analyzing and
drafting trademark, patent and copyright infringement opinions and in handling
trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings.